The Indianapolis journal., 1887-11-13

| and ran up the steps to the Jail Office. Gleason
pulled a pair of handcnffs out of his pocket and
| fitted them TO the wrists OF Scnwass rlent nana
and FIeldsns left Jailer Folz brought out or
| his private room a pair OF old rusty leg-irous
weighing four five pounds and locked the legs
| of the men together. Gleason searched them
/ Mr. Foster said You won't find any bombs ir
Fielden's pockets for he is man who never
| even carried a revolver" A moment later he
remarked, They will cut of your boards a.
Joliet. won't theya"
| Il guess so,' said Schwab.
That is the custom" replied Fielden.
Fielden called bailiff Pearce and asked him to
see that his clothing and papers were sent to
| his wife He was told that his wishes would be
followed. Schwab made the same request. The
men made their way awkwardly down the steps
/ in the jail court, their walking being much i'm
1 peded by tho leg-Irons. They took the back
seats OF the hack, and the deputies clam bered In
after them, and they were driven to the station.
/ The prisoners left Chicago for Joliet at LOG
o'clock this afternoon. on the Chicago & Alton
| train, which pulled out of the depot two minutes
/ behind schedule time A few acquaintauces Of
Fislden were at the station. and a few idlers
| gathered around the car in which the two con-
! victs were placed, but that was all.
The train reached the depot in Joliet at 230
/ o'clock. and the convicted Anarchists
| marched the gravel path to the penitentiary.
| They seemed to bear up eamely, and each wore
/ o blard smile when they were seated in tho
wardens Office immediately after their arrival
| the Rev. j. j. Walter approached them. and en-
| deavored to learn from thern their particular
| lieious creeds. Neither of the men seemed
| receive the reverend gentleman with any deeres
| of friendship, and answered him in q nopchalant
| manner Their conversation was of short dura-
| tion, and in few moments after the
| chaplain left the Warden McClaugh-
| rey nodded to the prisoners, and they
| were escorted into inner room. where they
| were stripped of their clothing and treated to
bath. Fieden seemed to enjoy IL and frequent
| ly smiled while being rubbed by the attendant.
After the bath was the prisoners were
| given striped suit. which ia the garo of the
! were easily fitted, and then taken to the
| barber-shop. where they were shorn of their
! long boards and had their hair cropped short
| face when his long beard being cut off.
| and when told that everything was COM
pleted. sighed deeply he looked at
| himself in a small mirror which hung in
/ front of him on the wall Immediately after
being shaved, receiving officer w. p Luke gave
| cell s, ,526 and Schwab to cell e527 They were
| then taken to the weighing and measuring
| room, where Fieden tipped the scale at 100
| pounds, and measured five feet six inches in
height. Schwab weighed 136 pounds, and
measured five feet nine and one-fourth inches.
Deputy Warden Garvin here approached Schwab
tone of voice. pointed to an in
ner room, into which the convicted
Anarchists quickly stepped. The room is
called the court solitary, in which Fieden and
Schwab will remain until Monday morning,
when they will be assigned Co work In the peni-
tiary shops. Warden McClaughey was unable
to tell, as yet, what work the men will be
signed to, but said that whatever it may be will
be easy, owing to their feeble condition He
course a
mon tbs, when their physical condition would be-
come stronger, they would, in all probability,
be assigned to some laborious work.
After the prisoners were confined 70 the court
solitary. Representative Burke and George
Schilling put in appearance at Warden Nc
Claughey's Office. They had come to offer few
words of consolation to the convicted men, and
were permitted to them. Fielden offered
his hand with smile and chat;sd cheerfully,
while Scwab acted as if under the influence OF
some opiate. His eyes looked dim and his frame
emaciated. The visitors remained hUt a short
time, and Schwab and Fielden were again locked
anxious procure tho suits worn by the con-
victed men, but was told that his wish could not
be gratified, and he seemed very crestfalien. He
will, however, make an effort to procure them
through the influence of some prominent poll
tician, whose name he refused to divulge.
Comments OF the Chicago Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE Tribune says: "If
there be one motive of this long and killing
drama more conspicuous than another. if it con
veys warning to the comrades Of these mis-
guided men more solemn and inevitable than
another. it is ike absolute certainty that those
who seek TO overthrow American law and social
order By conspiracy. force and violence will
caly rush headIong to their own destruction.
Social wrongs if there be any. can only be
righted the ballotbox and by peaceable
agencies. Those who draw the sword against
poiles and law In this Tree country Will perish Dy
the sword. The supporters of the laws of this
country are amply strong for their vindication
and preservation
This Times says: sFor society this effect on
the behavior of the living confreres of the ex-
terminated murderers is the supreme consld-rs-
ton. The condition OF the exis;encs of human
society is that the wicked shall perish. Either
the murderer must be exterminated
society must cease to exist Either tie
murderous propaganda called social anarcf
ism that has invaded this Republic from the o /
world dens OF crime to preach the gospel or
sassination must be exterminated or organizes
society will disappear. This is the alternative
necessity that confronts us. There is middle
term. Either social anarchism must die or this
American Republic must die"
The News says '.The one paramount lesson
of the events which eliminated the scaffold
in this city Yesterday ls that OF responsibility
for ones utterances Freedom of speech is the
inalien able birthrixht of every American citizen,
but pied with this right also the RESPONSE
biiity for its abuse If man by his speech in
cites to theft or arson, murder Or bomb throw
ing he must take the consequences equally with
the actual thief, incendiary. murderer or
dynamiter. Anarchists need to lay this lesson
30 heart, lest the rashness of their mouths leads
them in the footsteps of Spies and his fellows.'
Edmund Deuss, the editor of the Arheiter
Zeisung. said last night that he had not yet
found the composure to write his editorial sem
timents but he could briefly outline them
thew would be in the next issue OK the paper.
This will be the tenor of our article: The his
tory of the world is the tribunal OF the world,
and as Sheriff Matson shall live in history,
for his cruel denial of few farewell words to
the condemned. He had plenty of time to
allow thsm much twenty minutes
each, but he refused it, and strapeed Persons
as he spoke Such reflections as these will be
the burden of our editorial.